Ex-Corrie actor Jimi Mistry, 46, and dancer Flavia Cacaca, 39, also married — three years after they were partnered on the show in 2010. But Oxford graduate Rachel has dismissed the curse and said the show is a “magnifying glass that shows up pre-existing fault lines”.

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Rachel Riley with flowers for her and a baby grow for 'baby Kovalev'

And in 2017 she said she had no plans to marry, adding: “I am in love now. I don’t feel I have to get married. I don’t think I need that pressure any more.

“I feel settled. I don’t feel the need to do it again. If I’m with someone and I’m happy, that’s enough.”